2026

• Inaugural Appetite for Change Conference – click here for more info

2025

• Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy Conference – Panellist – Eating, Body Image, and Society: Unpacking Assumptions and Affirming Practice

• Queercon - Speaker - Neuroqueering the Norms: Providing Affirming, Inclusive Care to ND & LGBTQIA+ Folk in Healthcare Settings

• Right Care Right Place (Larrakia Country) Conference – Keynote Speaker – Neurodivergence & Neuro-Affirming Practice,Neurodivergence & Eating, Chronic Illness & Eating, and ARFID

2024

• Butterfly Foundation Webinar (2024) – Speaker – Kindly Do, Kindly Don’t: How to safely talk about and report on eating disorders and body image

• Health in Difference Conference (2024) – Panellist – Supporting Trans and GenderDiverse People with Eating Disorders (world-first panel)

2023

• AusPATH Conference (2023) – Workshop Presenter/Facilitator – Supporting Autistic Trans and Gender Diverse People

• ANZAED LGBTQIA+ Special Interest Group

• Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH)

• Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi)

• Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA)

• Butterfly Foundation

• Eating Disorders Victoria

• The Flourish Collective

• headspace

• Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance

• Inside Out Institute

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration

• New South Wales Health

• Northern Rivers Eating Disorder Mental Health Practitioner Network

• Primary Health Networks & Local Health Districts

• Right Care Right Place

• Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (Naarm)

• Trans Wellbeing

• Various private practices (details kept private, to maintain privacy)

• Amanda Moses Psychology Video Podcast (2024) - Podcast Guest - Gender Diversity, Eating Disorders, Neurodivergence, & Affirming Practice

• The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast (2025) – Podcast Guest – Gender Diversity

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• Article – How Society’s Harmful Appearance Ideals Can Impact Queer Identity

  • Op-ed piece discussing why LGBTQIA+ people experience disproportionately high rates of body dissatisfaction and appearance-related discrimination, and why systemic change and government action are urgently needed

  • Published by the Butterfly Foundation in May 2025 on IDAHOBIT, in response to their Cost of Appearance Ideals report (2025)

  • Author: Lumen Gorrie (MPsych[Clin]), BPsych[Hons])

• Australian Human Rights Commission Submission – Current and Emerging Threats to Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) Human Rights

  • Joint submission lodged to the Australian Human Rights Commission (May 2024)

  • Authors: Kai Schweizer (BA, MSexol), Lumen Gorrie (MPsych[Clin], BPsych[Hons]), Hayden Moon (BA[Hons]), Majella Jones (BNut, BDiet, APD)

• Article – Banning Puberty Blockers Will Worsen the Eating Disorder Crisis Amongst Trans Youth

  • Written in response to UK National Health Service’s decision to ban trans youth from accessing puberty blockers, published by the Butterfly Foundation (2024)

  • Authors: Kai Schweizer (BA, MSexol) & Lumen Gorrie (MPsych[Clin], BPsych[Hons]) AHRC

All trainings, webinars, workshops, and other PD events listed below are created and delivered/facilitated by the Appetite for Change Project founder, Lumen Gorrie, and are our original content.

• Accessibility & Inclusivity in the Workplace

• ADHD & Autism 101

• All About ARFID

• Chronic Illness Crash Course

• Chronic Illness and Eating (Disorders, Differences, and Difficulties)

• Disordered Eating, Body Image, and Self-Esteem in Young People

• Don’t Burn Out! Webinar for ND, chronically ill, and otherwise disabled community & practitioners

• Eating Disorders, Differences, and Difficulties

• Gender-Affirming Practice and Care

• Gender Diversity and Eating: Supporting TGD People with Eating Disorders, Differences, and Difficulties

• Intersections of Neurodivergence, Gender Diversity, Chronic Illness, and Eating

• Learning to Live Differently: Supporting Disabled Folk

• Neurodivergence and Eating: Supporting Neurodivergent People with Eating Disorders, Differences, and Difficulties

• Neurodivergence and Neuro-Affirming Practice

• Supporting Your Autistic Trans Child

• WPATH Assessment